Owning a Vacation House Can Raise Your Tax Load
People who spend a lot of time in one place while calling another home can trigger state income tax in both.
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With New Limits, New Reasons To Question Mortgage Costs A seemingly arcane policy change by mortgage investor Freddie Mac sheds new light on issues of much broader concern for consumers: Do you really understand where the money flows --
Foreclosure risk rises with ARM teaser rates Those with adjustable rate mortgages that have teaser rates below 2.5 percent carry the biggest chance of losing their homes.read more...
Real Estate Adviser: Keep home listing length just right What is the best length of time to commit to a listing agent; 30, 60, 90 or 180 days? If the agent has paid to advertise our home and our
Mortgage application volume rises off 2008 low (AP via Yahoo! Finance) Mortgage application volume rose 3.6 percent during the week ended June 27, according to the trade group Mortgage Bankers Association's weekly application survey.read more...
US existing home sales down 5.7% Sales of existing homes in the United States fell 5.7 percent in December to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 6.60 million, the lowest in nearly two years, an industry
Speed up the mortgage payments and save, but beware of gimmicky strategies (Boston Globe) When my wife, Georgina, and I paid off our $100,000 mortgage early 19 years ago, we saved $97,468.70 in interest.read more...
May 31st, 2007
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